Stir-Fried Pork And String Beans

By á-170456

Ingredients

• SEASONINGS A:
• 1/2 pound pork (leg portion)
• 1 tablespoon starch
• 1/4 pound string beans
• 6 large dried flat Japanese mushrooms
• (hoshi-shiitake)
• 1/8 ounce ginger (tsuchi-shoga)
• 3 tablespoons salad oil
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1 1/3 tablespoons soy sauce (shoyu)
• 2/3 tablespoon Japanese rice wine (sake)
• Freshly-ground black pepper to taste
• SEASONINGS B:
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/3 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon sake

Details

Servings 4

Preparation

Step 1

Cut pork into 1-inch strips and toss with seasonings A in bowl. Add starch.

Boil string beans and drain. Cut into 1-inch pieces.

Soak dried large, flat Japanese mushrooms in warm water until soft. Squeeze out excess water and slice thickly.

Finely chop ginger.

Heat half of salad oil in wok. Stir in pork strips until no longer pink, and remove.

Heat remaining salad oil in wok. Stir in ginger until aromatic. Add mushrooms, pork strips and string beans in given order.

Quickly stir in seasonings B. Stir in the sesame oil.

This recipe yields 4 servings.